European Prehistory (Undergraduate & Graduate)

An interdisciplinary survey of the archaeological, biological, cultural, and behavioral evolution of prehistoric humans and their societies across Europe and portions of western Asia.

Seminar in Archaeology (Undergraduate)

Historical development of Archaeology and theoretical debates, past and present, that shape the field.

The Neanderthals (Graduate)

Interdisciplinary understanding of the biological, cultural, technological, and behavioral evolution of Neanderthals and their societies.

Interdisciplinary understanding of the tempo and mode of modern human dispersals, particularly within Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Americas.

Hunter-Gatherers Past and Present (Graduate)

Investigation of recent and prehistoric hunter-gatherer societies as informed through human behavioral ecology, archaeology, and ethnoarchaeology.

Analytical Methods in Archaeology (Graduate)

This course examines quantitative analytical techniques and the analysis of real archaeological datasets, motivated by real archaeological questions. Topics to be covered include research design, hypothesis testing, statistical inference, significance testing, sampling, regression, correlation, dating techniques, and database design. Multivariate techniques, the subject of ANTH 359: Advanced Analysis in Archaeology are introduced but not covered in detail.

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